Miles Ahead: Cognata’s 3D Simulators Train The Autonomous Cars Of The Future
Danny Atsmon, CEO of autonomous car startup Cognata, predicts that his grandchildren will never need a driver’s license.
Autonomous cars are set to disrupt the transportation industry – high-profile companies such as Google’s Waymo and Tesla are staking billions on it. While timeline predictions vary, a report from consultancy firm McKinsey estimates that up to 15 percent of new cars sold in 2030 could be fully autonomous, and up to 50 percent could be highly autonomous.
Yet, before these cars can be let loose on the roads, they must be trained to respond intelligently to environments with at least the same competency as humans. There’s no leeway for autonomous cars to get it wrong; incidents such as the recent Tesla autopilot malfunction have left people wary of putting their lives in the hands of machines.
Training cars to drive at the level that humans are capable of is no mean feat. According to think-tank The RAND Corporation, autonomous cars must drive 11 billion test miles before they can sense and respond to the environment as well as humans can. The reality is that despite the bravado of companies developing autonomous cars, no one has yet reached this number.
Israeli startup Cognata plans to speed up this process with its 3D simulator powered by deep-learning algorithms. The simulator trains autonomous car software through virtual driving instead of real-life driving, allowing the software to learn far more quickly.
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